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If you leave it there it will eat into the varnish.
Unfortunately, country fiddlers leave it there, for some unknown reason.
I play classical & wipe the rosin off so my fiddle is clean.
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In 1969, the Baldwin company gave Nelson an amplifier and a three-cord pickup electric guitar.
During a show in Helotes, Texas, Nelson left the guitar on the floor of the stage, that was later
stepped on by a drunk man. He sent it to be repaired in Nashville by Shot Jackson, who told
Nelson that the damage was too great. Jackson offered him a Martin N-20 Classical guitar, and,
at Nelson's request, moved the pickup to the Martin. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for
US$750 and named it after Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger". The next year Nelson rescued the guitar
from his burning ranch.
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"Willie Nelson's guitar, Trigger, has been signed by several of Nelson's friends. Constant strumming
with a guitar pick over the decades has worn a large sweeping hole into the guitar's body near the
sound hole—the N-20 has no pick-guard since classical guitars are meant to be played fingerstyle
instead of with picks. Its soundboard has been signed by over a hundred of Nelson's friends and
associates, ranging from fellow musicians to lawyers and football coaches. The first signature on
the guitar was Leon Russell's, who asked Nelson initially to sign his guitar. When Nelson was about
to sign it with a marker, Russell requested him to scratch it instead, explaining that the guitar would
be more valuable in the future. Interested in the concept, Nelson requested Russell also to also sign
his guitar. In 1991, during his process with the IRS, Nelson was worried that Trigger could be auctioned
off, stating: "When Trigger goes, I'll quit". He asked his daughter, Lana, to take the guitar from the
studio before any IRS agent got there, and bring it to him on Maui. Nelson then hid the guitar in his
manager's house until his debt was paid in 1993.
In his book, The Tao of Willie: A Guide to Happiness in Your Heart, Nelson described the influence of
the guitar in his style: "One of the secrets to my sound is almost beyond explanation. My battered old
Martin guitar, Trigger, has the greatest tone I’ve ever heard from a guitar... If I picked up the finest
guitar made this year and tried to play my solos exactly the way you heard them on the radio or even
at last night’s show, I’d always be a copy of myself and we’d all end up bored."
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